[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9056 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9056

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to 
the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to 
            insurance for veterans, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 18, 2024

Mr. Pappas (for himself and Mr. Moylan) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to 
the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to 
            insurance for veterans, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``VA Insurance Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF VETERANS LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1922B of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``service-
                disabled'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (3);
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (6) as 
                paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; and
                    (D) in paragraph (5)(A), as so redesignated, by 
                striking ``paragraph (5)'' and inserting ``paragraph 
                (4)'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``the veteran has a 
        service-connected disability'' and all that follows through the 
        period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 
        ``the veteran submits an application for such insurance before 
        the veteran attains 81 years of age.''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii), by striking ``subsection 
        (a)(5)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(4)''.
    (b) Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) Section heading.--Such section is further amended by 
        striking the section heading and inserting the following:
``Sec. 1922B. Veterans Affairs life insurance''.
            (2) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 19 of such title is amended by striking 
        the item relating to section 1922B and inserting the following 
        new item:

``1922B. Veterans Affairs life insurance.''.

SEC. 3. VETERANS' MORTGAGE LIFE INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT OF 
              ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

    Section 2106(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
        paragraph (2):
    ``(2) For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall determine the 
administrative costs to the Department that, in the judgment of the 
Secretary, are properly allocable to the provision of insurance under 
this section and shall reimburse the `General Operating Expenses' 
appropriations account and the `Information Technology Systems, 
Department of Veterans Affairs' appropriations account of the 
Department in appropriate amounts for such administrative costs from 
amounts in the `Veterans Insurance and Indemnities' appropriation 
account.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``such account'' and inserting ``the `Veterans Insurance and 
        Indemnities' appropriation account''.

SEC. 4. INCLUSION OF SPACE FORCE IN ELIGIBILITY FOR TSGLI.

    Section 1965(6) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``Space Force,'' after ``Marine Corps,''.
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